Blaze & Daze

laddyd

laddyd

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It's been tough this grow cycle. I'm dealing with an ambient temperature of 78 and the outside RH has been 10 to 20. Temp inside the tent wants to climb in the high 80's and the RH is hovering around 40. I've had to cut the lights down to 50% to try and keep the heat down, if I turn up the exhaust fan the RH drops into the low 30's. My Jealousy plant is looking kind of crispy with a month to go.
I was wondering if misting them with some straight water might help? Anybody out there done that?
 
raratt

raratt

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laddyd said:
It's been tough this grow cycle. I'm dealing with an ambient temperature of 78 and the outside RH has been 10 to 20. Temp inside the tent wants to climb in the high 80's and the RH is hovering around 40. I've had to cut the lights down to 50% to try and keep the heat down, if I turn up the exhaust fan the RH drops into the low 30's. My Jealousy plant is looking kind of crispy with a month to go.
I was wondering if misting them with some straight water might help? Anybody out there done that?
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I use an aquarium air pump with an air stone in a coffee can of water to up humidity. Cheap and doesn't take up much room. You can get an electronic fogger also to make fine particles.

Mornin.
 
tyler.durden

tyler.durden

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laddyd said:
It's been tough this grow cycle. I'm dealing with an ambient temperature of 78 and the outside RH has been 10 to 20. Temp inside the tent wants to climb in the high 80's and the RH is hovering around 40. I've had to cut the lights down to 50% to try and keep the heat down, if I turn up the exhaust fan the RH drops into the low 30's. My Jealousy plant is looking kind of crispy with a month to go.
I was wondering if misting them with some straight water might help? Anybody out there done that?
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High temps are always a struggle in the summer, but low RH was never a problem for me. My room can get into the 20-30% range in the winter, and I just lower my ppm so the ladies don't burn. My understanding is that they drink more with low RH, so you don't want them sucking up too much nutrient along with the additional water intake. Otherwise they don't seem to mind the low humidity. I know @curious2garden has struggled with very low RH. Beside the swamp cooler, how do you deal with it, Annie?
 
laddyd

laddyd

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tyler.durden said:
High temps are always a struggle in the summer, but low RH was never a problem for me. My room can get into the 20-30% range in the winter, and I just lower my ppm so the ladies don't burn. My understanding is that they drink more with low RH, so you don't want them sucking up too much nutrient along with the additional water intake. Otherwise they don't seem to mind the low humidity. I know @curious2garden has struggled with very low RH. Beside the swamp cooler, how do you deal with it, Annie?
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When winter finally comes all my problems go away. We set the thermostat in the house at 70 then as opposed to 78 now.
 
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